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Blind Waymo Users Revel in the Joy of Riding Alone
17+ hour, 14+ min ago (832+ words) Ruben Brunt hopped off a ferry, tapped his white cane against the sidewalk and held his phone to his ear to listen for directions. His destination was a white Jaguar idling a few blocks away " with no one behind the…...
Cheap, new cars are vanishing " but these models still start under $25, 000
18+ hour, 17+ min ago (736+ words) Need a fresh set of wheels? Well, it's a tough time to buy an affordable car. In April, the average list price for a new vehicle accelerated past $50, 000, per Car Gurus. High prices are forcing Americans into some scary-looking finances,…...
The expensive gas economy: Fewer nights out, more belt-tightening
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (971+ words) Higher prices at the pump are making Avarisse Crawford rethink her spending. The 33-year-old has started scaling back her "fun budget," meaning fewer steak dinners and happy hours with coworkers " instead, she's seeking out free activities, like going to the…...
Space X is his new baby at the expense of Tesla: Elon Musks IPO could be bad news for his EV maker, investors warns
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (610+ words) Elon Musk's "Muskonomy" is growing, but it may spell trouble for Tesla. Space X's pending IPO reportedly scheduled for June will double Musk's publicly traded companies, joining Tesla as a target for investors betting on the CEO's moonshot goals around…...
Space X bought Tesla Megapacks and $131 million worth of Cybertrucks, its IPO filing shows
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (407+ words) Elon Musk's companies love to work together. Now, we have a bit more insight into how much money is moving between them. On Wednesday, Space X filed its 277-page S-1, a document that peels back the curtain on the combined space-and-AI…...
NYC and LA Are Teaming Up to Fight for EVs
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (466+ words) Los Angeles County, a car town, has its own EV goals: 100 percent fleet electrification by 2045, which would require replacing all 20, 000 of the fleet's vehicles. With just 600 electric vehicles and 350 plug-ins so far, officials have plenty of work to do. So…...
Zoox's CEO said China's EV companies have a leg up in one key area
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (377+ words) Zoox's CEO said China's EV companies have an edge in one major area. In a Wednesday Rapid Response podcast interview, CEO Aicha Evans said there's one key reason China's autonomous vehicle companies are successful " because they're great at integrating hardware…...
This tech exec sued Tesla over its Full Self-Driving promises " and won
6+ day, 16+ hour ago (944+ words) First came the self-driving dream. Then came the backlash. For years, the EV maker has sold its cars with the promise that they would one day drive themselves. Last month, however, CEO Elon Musk dropped a bombshell when he told…...
While Detroit blinked on EVs, the Iran war has handed Chinese automakers the opportunity of a lifetime
6+ day, 21+ hour ago (732+ words) Just as American automakers started pulling back on EVs, the Iran war has sent gas prices skyrocketing, opening up a crucial opportunity for Chinese car companies to seize the moment. "We can't allocate money for things that will not make…...
Swarm of Empty Waymos Descends on Unsuspecting Suburb, Circle Cul-de-Sacs for Hours on End Like Strange Ghosts
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (287+ words) Nearly a year after Waymos touched down in Atlanta for the first time, residents of the community of Buckhead, Georgia have noted a massive influx of the company's autonomous vehicles trying to forge a path through their neighborhood. The result…...